Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-08

dead" murmured Roger, with move
ment OF despair.
The two magistrates lInelt by him. Hewas
not dead
HE still lives, said NJ. Lacroix. 1--WE may
yet save him"
"He will die within five minutes" said Piv
olot
s'Speakl speak," said NJ De Lgnerolles,
sin the name of God, before whom you must
soon appear"
Leaning over the form of Luversan, hardly
breathing, Roger listened.
II killed Larouette, and Laroque is limo
cent. did it for vengeance, but / am not
tho only guilty ono; had an accomplish"
And here the feeble voice stopped, and Lu-
versan was dead
allow dare ask your forgivenessP said
III. Lacroix, with emotion.
"And l." said NJ. dc Lgnerolles, shave
much to atone for, and, please God, will at
| least be the means of restoring your good
and honorable name"
"An is forgiven" said Roger. "You
thought you were doing your duty. All | ask
is the restoration of my good name, for my
child's sake. Alasl you cannot restore my
poor, broken-hearted wife"
Whilo they were talking Tristot stepped TO
the window to wipe his eyes, and as he
looked out they wandered mechanically to-
wards that little balcony where the unhappy
young mother saw the fearful sight disclosed
in Larouette's house. He thought he saw
something lying upon the balcony where the
Young mother and child had stood ON that
fatal night ten years before. The moon
shone through rift in the waving branches
of the chestnut trees, and Tristot felt sure
that no saw tho white, upturned face of q
| woman, and in that ono brief moment be
thought it looked like that Of the unhappy
woman whose death was so deplorable.
Es did not believe in ghosts or tho re-
| embodiment of spirits, OF he would have
| been afraid; as it was he gave half articu-
| late cry and sprang through the open will
| dow and from there TO tho ground, some six
or seven feet, and in on instant was speeding
across the lawn that Roger had newly trim
med and restored to its former beauty, for il
grieved him to the heart to see the place
which was sacred to him by thousand en-
| dearing memories so neglected and forgotten.
Tristot, in few leaps, had crossed the little
space and with the agi ity Of a monkey he
| climbed up one of the columns which sup
ported the balcony, and when there he found
the inanimate body of the poor young wife
who bad been supposed dead so many years.
As soon as he satisfied himself that Henri
| cite was not dead he gave peculiar whistle,
which caused Pivolot to suddenly turn to the
window, as il it were a sign which he well
| knew, and he answered it by jumping incon-
| tinently out upon tie sward and rushing to
| Tristot, who said in q whisper:
@Bring the rest and lights quick and take
care Larooue is kept away from this woman
until give the signal If am not greatly
mistaken it is the lost wife"
| The three men who had remained by the
| side of the dead assassin heard Pivolot as he
called, and he told them to bring lights and
come with all possible speed to Villa Mon
talais where something remarkable had
taken place 1t was only then that they all
remembered the awful wailing cry they had
heard, and they looked at each other in hor-
| liied silence but M. Lacroix seized a lamp
and shading it with his hat ran down the
stairs, followed by Roger and NJ. De Ligne-
ROLES, and they hurried across to the front
door, which Roger opened with the key he
had obtained from the agent from whom he
had rented his own house, as he had not dared
claim its possession in the name Of Suzanne,
who was its ostensible owner.
They went up the stairs, Pivolot cautioning
them against making noise, and when they
reached the parlor they found that Tristot
| had already borne the body of Henriette TO
her own room, with memory for places
that would have been remarkable in any one
but himself. As soon as he received the light
he made a sign for NJ. Lacroix to follow him.
and he only was permitted to enter the room.
Instantly he recognized the pale face lying
upon the pillows, apparently without life or
motion, as that of Nine. Laroque, whom he
had so numerically tortured and whose pres
ence was mystery beyond his power to solve.
NJ. Lacroix went back again, and as he
tried to speak be burst into such passion OF
penitent tears that every one was moved.
Then he said, recovering himself:
''Pivolot, you are something OF a doctor.
For Gods sake do something for that poor
creature; and, Tristot, go for the doctor, and
if you see a woman anywhere bring her here.
II not, go for Mother Dondaine, and don't let
the grass grow till You bring some one.
'M De Lignerolles, You and / may have
reason to be thankful for this nights work,
which may enable US to repair the greatest
wrong we have ever done. Roger Laroque
brace yourself for the greatest shock you
probably ever experienced The person who
lies insensible in your wife's bed is-courage-
none other than she herself, alive, and hope
soon to be restored to you. Stay, do not &c
in there yet. She has tainted, and it might
be dangerous for her TO see you too suddenly
Try to wait in patience until the arrival Of
the doctor. Come; you have been resigned
and patient under her supposed loss. Nov
that she is alive and found. have courage jus
little while longer'
Roger could not, dared not, believe then
when they told him this, and he sat ike on'
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